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20 Penn Students and Illinois Recent Graduates Illinois Students, Recent Graduates Receive Awarded Fulbright Foreign Language Scholarships Grants

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In extreme measures, chartered flights and other available means For more articles, visit AsianCampusTribune.com of international travel were utilized to bring students home. Although some parents hoped that their children Songzi Li/ Editing Manager AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p4 ILLINOIS

Illinois Architecture Professor Awarded Graham Foundation Grant

Tierney’s project is one of 71 selected from 700 proposals in the 2021 class of grant recipients.

Tierney’s research interests emphasize contemporary ur- banism. She is the founding director of URL: Urban Re- search Lab, which explores the intersection of networked technologies and the built environment.

Her project “Racializing Risk: The History of Ladera Housing Cooperative” looks at the Federal Housing Ad- ministration’s differential lending practices in the 1940s and how they played a significant role in the structural institutionalization of segregated suburbs. It examines the Ladera Housing Cooperative, a post-World War II inter- racial housing cooperative that was imagined as a socially and environmentally conscious project, designed to be af- fordable and open to all without any restrictive member- ship covenants.

Tierney’s research will analyze the FHA’s practice of “credit rationing” – government-sponsored discrimination prac- ticed by lending institutions. Her hypothesis is that FHA lending practices achieved the same impact as redlining in Chicago, New York and Philadelphia in maintaining racial Architecture professor emerita T.F. Tierney has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to segregation. examine the role that federal lending practices played in maintaining racially segregated suburbs. Courtesy School of Architecture

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — T.F. Tierney, an architecture pro- The Chicago-based Graham Foundation supports the de- As in postwar California, affordable housing is a scarce fessor emerita at the University of Illinois Urbana-Cham- velopment of diverse ideas about architecture and its role commodity today, Tierney said, and the effects of racially paign, has been awarded a research and development grant in the arts, culture and society through competitive proj- segregated housing still linger. from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the ect-based grants to individuals and organizations. Fine Arts to examine Ladera, a 1940s interracial housing Tierney’s project will culminate in publications in peer- cooperative in Portola, California, and the role that federal Individuals may be awarded production and presentation reviewed planning journals, as well as a podcast featuring lending practices played in maintaining racially segregated grants to bring a project to realization and public presen- interviews with experts in sociology, history and urban suburbs. tation, and research and development grants to support planning. Jodi Heckel/Illinois News Bureau research-related expenses in the early stages of a project.

ILSA Citizenship Clinics

Despite the challenges presented by an anti-immi- new ILSA Legal Resource Coordinator, Erika Vergara! grant presidential administration and a year-long Erika recently relocated to Champaign-Urbana from global pandemic, our Immigration Legal Services and New Haven, Connecticut, where she lived for 7 years Assistance (ILSA) program has truly blossomed over and was a DOJ-accredited representative for a local non- the past three years. We have evolved from monthly profit. Of her new role, she said: legal clinics staffed by volunteer attorneys to Depart- ment of Justice (DOJ) accredited staff providing di- “I am excited to be joining such a dynamic, collabora- rect immigration legal services; a robust Pathway to tive, and passionate group as ILSA. The work that ILSA Citizenship program; and capacity building initiatives does is so important for the immigrant community. I am to resource organizations across Champaign County. in awe of all the work ILSA has been able to accomplish during the pandemic.” The ILSA team hosted four in-person legal clinics this month to help community members apply for NEED LEGAL ASSISTANCE? Call our helpline for citizenship and DACA. Through the New Americans more information about the legal resources available at Initiative, our hardworking team of staff and interns NAWC and in Champaign County at-large: 217-417- assisted a total of 25 clients. 5897 (español-français-中文). Our team is unable to take on new clients until mid-July 2021, but you can ask For more articles, visit AsianCampusTribune.com These were some of the first few clinics staffed by the to be placed on the wait-list for assistance. ILLINOIS AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p5

Illinois Students, Recent Graduates Receive Foreign Language Scholarships

critical language skills in their future careers. Approximately 550 students at U.S. colleges and universities received a Criti- cal Language Scholarship in 2021.

Van Dyke, of Ashland, Oregon, and a graduate of Ashland High School, will use a Boren Schol- arship to study French as part of the Boren African Flagship Language Initiative. Through the initiative, she will under- go intensive language study through the combination of a Kaya Van Dyke Photo pro- summer domestic and academ- vided ic year overseas program at the West African Research Center in Senegal. Van Dyke is a James Scholar honors student who recently completed her junior year as a global studies major. Van Dyke spent her junior year of high school as a Rotary Youth Exchange Ambassador in Belgium and after graduation was a Global Citizen Year Fel- low in Brazil. She also has served as a legislative intern in Washington, D.C. Van Dyke said her long-term career inter- ests are as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Audrey Dombro is among five Illinois students or recent graduates awarded Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this The David L. Boren Scholarships are sponsored by the Na- summer. A sixth student was offered a Boren Scholarship to further her studies of French. Photo by Zhaoyi Wu tional Security Education Program, a component of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office, CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Cham- ville North High School, will which is designed to build a broader and more qualified paign students and recent graduates Mary Kate Buchheit, use the award to study Turkish. pool of U.S. citizens with foreign language and international Audrey Dombro, Buyandelger Tsetsengarid, Hannah Wer- Wernecke graduated as a James skills. Boren Scholarships provide U.S. undergraduate with necke and Priyanka Zylstra were awarded U.S. Department Scholar honors student in May resources to acquire language skills and experience in coun- of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign lan- with a bachelor’s degree in po- tries critical to the future security and stability of the United guages this summer. A sixth student, Kaya Van Dyke, was of- litical science. Wernecke previ- States. In exchange for funding, Boren recipients agree to fered a Boren Scholarship to further her studies of French. ously studied abroad in London work in the federal government for a period of at least one during the 2020 spring semes- year. This year, 188 students at U.S. colleges and universities Buchheit, of Homer Glen, Il- ter, interning with a member of received a Boren Scholarship. linois, and a graduate of Lock- Hannah Wernecke Photo Parliament. She has been study- port Township High School, ing Turkish since fall 2019 and by Grace Godby “It is telling that University of Illinois recipients of these lan- was offered a Critical Language wrote her senior thesis on the guage scholarships hail from three different colleges on cam- Scholarship to study Hindi. relationship between Turkey pus, a real testament to the international opportunities avail- Buchheit graduated as a James and the European Union. Wernecke said she aspires to a ca- able to students from myriad disciplines. It is great to have Scholar honors student in reer in the foreign service. such fine individuals representing the university in these pro- May with a bachelor’s degree grams,” said David Schug, the director of the National and in speech and hearing science. Zylstra, of Chicago, received a International Scholarships Program, which offers support She previously was awarded a B.A. in international and area Mary Kate Buchheit Photo to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign undergraduates Critical Language Scholarship studies at Washington Uni- by Matthew Troy and recent graduates in applying for nationally competitive for summer 2020 and partici- versity in St. Louis in 2018. At scholarships. pated in the virtual program. Illinois, Zylstra is pursuing a At Illinois, she has been involved in research on children’s Ph.D. in South Asian history Editor’s note: For more information, contact David Schug, language development. This fall, Buchheit will enroll in a with a research focus on mari- National and International Scholarships Program director, master’s program in speech-language pathology at Vanderbilt tal culture in diasporic Indian 217-333-4710; [email protected]. University. Buchheit said her goals are to work with children communities in 20th-century at a public school as a speech-language pathologist. East Africa. She is fluent in Priyanka Zylstra Photo Source: Illinois News Bureau provided Hindi and is studying Bangla to Dombro, of St. Paul, Minneso- broaden her work. Zylstra said ta, and a graduate of Highland she plans to pursue an academ- Park Senior High School, will ic career researching and teaching about South Asian history. use her scholarship to further her studies of Urdu. Dombro The fifth recipient, Tsetsengarid, who received an under- received her bachelor’s degree graduate degree in global studies in May 2020, will use the from Illinois in agricultural and award to study Russian. consumer economics in Au- gust, concentrating in policy, The Critical Language Scholarship program is part of a U.S. Joohyun Kang, international trade and devel- government initiative to expand the number of Americans Publisher Audrey Dombro Photo by [email protected] Zhaoyi Wu opment. She was previously studying and mastering critical foreign language and cultural awarded a Foreign Language skills to enable them to contribute to U.S. economic com- Songzi Li, and Area Studies Fellowship to petitiveness and national security. The program provides full Managing Editor study Arabic in Jordan and is now proficient in the language. scholarships to U.S. undergraduate and graduate students [email protected] Dombro is currently working as a housing counselor with to spend eight to 10 weeks abroad (or online, depending on a nonprofit in Detroit. She said knowledge of the Urdu lan- COVID-19 conditions) studying one of 15 critical languages. Asian Campus Tribune is a monthly publication of IF Design, Co. 1901 Raymond Dr. #13, Northbrook, Illinois 60062 guage will assist in her work to understand welfare systems The program includes intensive language instruction and Tel: 217-898-8592 Fax: 302-235-8299 around the world in order to better inform social policy. structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to pro- E-Mail: [email protected] mote rapid language gains. Scholars are expected to continue asiancampustribune.com chinesecampustribune.com Wernecke, of Naperville, Illinois, and a graduate of Naper- their language study beyond the scholarship and apply their AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p6 ADVERTISEMENT ILLINOIS AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p7

Why Do We Need a Health Care Equity Law?

to medical resources unless they have the knowledge and/or emotional strength to engage in advocacy.

The law also addresses violence as a public health crisis. What does violence have to do with public health?

Violence, public life and public health are very connected. My colleagues and I recently published research that shows the constant stress of living in neighborhoods with high lev- els of violence can affect the functioning of gene activity in the immune system. Some of the Black mothers that I work with have lost children to gun violence. When this happens, the entire family, and often community, experience intense grief, sadness and sometime depressive symptoms. The stress and emotional pain are often manifested physically as headaches, backaches, hair loss or trouble sleeping.

Overall, how could the Illinois Health Care and Human Services Reform Act affect health care delivery and out- comes in Illinois?

The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus has a bold vision to address systemic racism with its four pillars: criminal jus- tice reform, violence reduction, and police accountability; education and workforce development; economic access, equity and opportunity; and health care and human ser- The Illinois Health Care and Human Services Reform Act has potential to address health disparities and foster health equity through provi- vices. We are in intense times that demand bold policies to sions such as implicit bias training and community health workers, says Illinois professor Ruby Mendenhall. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer address systemic racism. This suite of legislation is historic. I believe the Illinois Health Care and Human Services Re- On April 27, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill iting. The act also requires implicit bias training for health form Act has an enormous potential to address root causes 158, a health care equity bill sponsored by the Illinois Leg- care professionals. of health disparities and foster health equity on an unprece- islative Black Caucus, making law the Illinois Health Care dented level. Specifically, it can address workforce develop- and Human Services Reform Act. In drafting the bill, the Another key aspect of the law includes the creation of a ment in communities of color. Community health worker caucus consulted with Ruby Mendenhall, an Illinois profes- Community Health Worker Certification Board and legis- initiatives can serve as pathway programs to nursing, be- lation that allows for Medicaid reimbursement. In Section sor of African American studies and sociology and assistant havioral health and medical careers. dean for diversity and democratization of health innovation 5-5 of the act, a community health worker is defined as a at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Mendenhall has frontline public health worker who is a trusted community Editor’s notes: To reach Ruby Mendenhall, email ruby- researched health care disparities and public health con- member or has an unusually close understanding of the [email protected]. cerns in underserved populations. She discussed the law community served. This trusting relationship enables the Source: Illinois News Bureau and its provisions with News Bureau biomedical sciences community health worker to serve as a liaison and interme- editor Liz Ahlberg Touchstone. diary between health and social services and the communi- ty to facilitate access to services, and to improve the quality Why do we need laws governing health care equity? What and cultural competence of service delivery. A community are some disparities that have not otherwise been ad- health worker also builds individual and community ca- dressed? pacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities including outreach, education, When thinking about laws that foster health care equity, I informal counseling social support and advocacy. like to use a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from March 25, 1966. Speaking to the press before his speech at In a time of global pandemic, police killings, social unrest the Medical Committee for Human Rights, he stated, “Of and community violence, we need a corps of community all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most health workers in every community across the state to foster shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in health, well-being, a sense of community and even hope. physical death.” The use of word “inhuman” suggests the failure to see the humanity of others. Historically, such in- Why is training important for medical professionals to human treatment has played out in the medical abuse of address structural racism? What kinds of implicit biases slaves, the Tuskegee experiment and the seizure of Henri- may health care providers hold? etta Lacks’ cells. Training on implicit bias, structural racism and other top- Health care equity laws are needed to get at the root causes ics is important because it allows medical professionals to of health disparities – for example, racism and its interlock- understand all the ways that racism and its intersecting ing oppressions – and to transform U.S. systems. Policies to oppressions are manifested in the lives and communities improve housing, employment, education, etc., are health of their patients, students that they are training and their policies because they are social determinants of health. The co-workers. The goals of the training should be to look at list of health disparities is long and includes stroke, hyper- the brutality of oppression and its health consequences. For tension, diabetes, infant and maternal mortality, and CO- example, 2005 research by David Satcher and colleagues VID-19 cases and deaths. This level of inequality and excess estimated that “83,570 excess (Black) deaths could be pre- death, especially during a pandemic, reveals the extreme vented in the United States if this Black-white mortality effort that will be required to dismantle and replace- cur gap could be eliminated.” The training should also include rent health policies that continue to diminish individuals’ successful efforts around the country to create policies and humanity. practices that foster a “culture of health.”

In a nutshell, what are some of the main provisions in the Colleagues and friends across the socioeconomic spectrum Illinois Health Care and Human Services Reform Act? and from across the country have described to me having medical providers dismiss their health concerns and make For more articles, visit AsianCampusTribune.com The law includes Medicaid coverage for programs that fos- assumptions about their level of education and knowledge ter infant and maternal health such as doulas and home vis- about their own health. This often results in a lack of access AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p8 CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS

Building Molecules Like Tinkertoys? A Breakthrough Study May Pave the Way UChicago chemists aim to transform the field of chemical discovery

Despite decades of experiments, chemistry remains an art in many ways because molecules are built in a long, iterative process.

Levin’s group wants to transform the field by introducing ways to directly edit the molecule of interest. There are a few ways to make minor edits around the edges, Levin said, but scientists are still searching for techniques to make major changes to the skeletons of molecules.

The UChicago chemists made a breakthrough in this quest, finding a way to “delete” a nitrogen atom from a molecule. Similar processes currently in use generate a very toxic mol- ecule—but Levin’s group instead adds a key reagent, or reac- tive chemical, which bypasses the intermediate step. The ni- trogen is released as N2, and two carbon atoms forge a bond in its place.

As a new foundational method, the discovery opens up av- enues for constructing molecules.

On a blackboard, UChicago postdoc Balu Dherange (left) and graduate student Kathleen Berger illustrate a new technique that allows scien- “One thing it lets you do is think about making rings in a tists to easily cut nitrogen atoms from molecules—which can make the process of finding new molecules for medicines or other uses easier new way, with potentially fewer steps. That lets you change and faster. Photo courtesy of the Levin lab the logic of how you make things,” Levin said. (Rings of mol- ecules are a frequent ingredient in chemicals.) Molecules are the building blocks for our modern world, fibers in your rug to the dyes that colored it to the detergents from phones to cars to Doritos. But coming up with new ones you use to clean it, is built this way. But sometimes, the mol- The process doesn’t work for every single molecule, but it is still an incredibly costly and time-consuming process. A ecules created in the intermediate steps or as byproducts are does for many important ones. For example, Levin’s group group of University of Chicago chemists wants to find a bet- very toxic, or the whole process takes a lot of time and elec- tested the method on lapatinib, a molecule approved by the ter way. tricity. FDA as a cancer drug, and was able to edit its composition quickly and easily. “If you look at a diagram of a molecule, it seems like you This process becomes even more laborious when scientists or should be able to just snap them together like Tinkertoys, but drugmakers are looking for a new chemical, Levin said, since “One side of this discovery is being able to actually work you can’t,” said Asst. Prof. Mark Levin. “We’d like to change they have to create so many options to test. with a class of reactions that was largely underused because that.” they’re just awful to work with,” Levin said. “But more broad- “Say you want to make a new drug that targets a part of the ly speaking, we hope it represents a transformation in think- Their new discovery, published May 12 in Nature, represents cell that biologists have identified as important for heart dis- ing about how you optimize a molecule.” a first step towards that transformation: a way to easily cut ease,” he said. “Typically, you screen thousands of molecules nitrogen atoms from molecules. just to find a few that latch on to that part of the cell. Then The first author on the paper was Sean Kennedy, a former you go about modifying them, to make the molecules easier UChicago postdoctoral researcher now at Johnson Matthey. Despite decades of experiments, chemistry remains an art in for the body to absorb or to avoid side effects. Every time that The other authors on the paper are graduate students Kath- many ways because molecules are built in a long, iterative you think, say, ‘Would it work better with a carbon atom on leen Berger and postdoctoral researcher Balu Dherange. process: attaching some parts, then breaking others so that one side instead of a nitrogen?’ you have to go back to the you can patch new parts in. Every molecule we use, from the beginning and start over with how to build it.” Louise Lerner/UChicago News CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p9

XR Advertising Could be a Consumer Threat If Left Unchecked

vertising and manipulative advertising, so that they could create realistic exercises.

From this, they produced a series of prompts to guide cre- ation of the scenarios, asking questions like: Could a certain manipulative advertising technique be replicated in XR? How could an already-existing XR advertising technique be used by bad actors?

They then created scenarios and use-cases that demonstrate how future XR manipulative techniques might manifest.

Mhaidli and Schaub say most of the harms they examined are not yet reality because XR technology is still limited: XR devices aren’t sophisticated enough yet to create political ads that give a different photorealistic perspective to indi- viduals based on preconceived beliefs, or that can reliably sense a person’s hunger pangs or a young man’s physiologi- cal response to his crush, in order to target fast food and deodorant their direction.

“When manipulative XR ads do come, I would say that be- ing aware of the risks is a good step towards resisting pos- sible manipulation,” Mhaidli said.

Whether it’s trying on lipstick or clothing online, using to use XR technologies to harm consumers, the researchers They say more research is needed to better understand the floor plan software to find out how furniture will fit in a new say. impact that immersive XR advertising has on consumers. home or ordering a contactless Coke using a cell phone, Time also needs to be taken to develop and evaluate a pri- businesses are continually finding new ways to promote “A key aspect here is that augmented and extended reality vacy framework, understand acceptable data practices for their products and services using extended reality (XR) technologies are inherently designed to alter reality, and XR advertising, and develop interventions to increase XR ad technology. this potential could be exploited to deceive and manipu- literacy among consumers. late consumers,” said co-author Florian Schaub, assistant Investment in augmented and virtual reality—together professor of information. “In contrast, advertising in other “I think we need a broader public debate and policy discus- known as mixed or extended reality—is expected to mush- media might also be tailored to you or masquerade as con- sion about what kinds of manipulation of people’s reality room in the coming years: from $10 billion in 2019 to $62 tent—think infomercials, sponsored articles in news media/ are acceptable and whether and how XR experiences should billion in 2027, and from $8 billion in 2020 to $100 billion magazines, product placement in movies—but they do not come with disclosures about how they affect reality (simi- in 2024, respectively, according to Grand View Research. inherently change what you perceive as reality.” lar to food nutrition labels or warnings on cigarette packs),” Schaub said. So are the opportunities for those advertisers who would The scenario construction was a two-step process with the use the technology to manipulate, deceive and even cause researchers first becoming well versed in XR devices, XR ad- Laurel Thomas/Michigan News harm to consumers, say University of Michigan School of Information researchers.

In a study highlighted at the recent Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the researchers studied the possible ways advertisers could manipulate the public, us- ing scenario construction to investigate potential future ma- nipulative XR advertisements and their harms. They came up with seven scenarios: military games, ugly furniture, fake relatives, political alternate reality, pervasive t-shirts, deodorant crush and hunger pains.

The team identified five key mechanisms of manipulative XR advertising: misleading experience marketing; inducing artificial emotions; sensing and targeting people when they are vulnerable; emotional manipulation through hyper- and Programs in personalization (ads made just for the individual); and dis- M.S. Ph.D. tortion of reality.

“There are many ways this can manifest,” said lead author Abraham Mhaidli, a doctoral student at the U-M School of Information. “One way could be distorting a consumer’s sense of reality by overlaying graphics on someone’s AR glasses to change what they are seeing. For example, a po- Hospitality Business litical ad may try to paint a picture of a booming economy and release ads on AR glasses that subtly overlay graphics which hide or erase evidence of poverty. “Another possible danger is misleading experience market- and Analytics ing, which occurs when companies present ‘previews’ of products through XR technologies that are seemingly re- alistic and with users being unable to tell that the virtual product has been doctored.” XR advertising is not inherently detrimental to people, but udel.edu/hospitality there remains a need to be vigilant for bad actors seeking AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p10 CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS

20 Penn Students and Recent Graduates Awarded Fulbright Grants

Penn Fulbright grant recipients for 2021-22 include 12 graduating seniors, six graduate students and two recent graduates. Pictured left to right (top row) Daisy Angeles, Robyn Barrow, Saxon Bryant, Youvin Chung, Gabriel DeSantis, Megan Everts; (middle row) Samuel Goldstein, Maria Kovalchuk, Andreas Nolan, Caleb Oh, Neelima Paleti, Bhavana Penmetsa; (bottom row) John Sigmier, Claire Sliney, Marion Standefer, Edward Stevens IV, Judith Weston, Andrew Zheng. Not pictured: Rhina Allende and a student who asked to remain anonymous.

Twenty University of Pennsylvania students and alumni child brain development, sleep, and neighborhood socio- Questbridge Scholar. Bryant has conducted research with have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2021-22 aca- economic status. At Penn she has been a member of the the Think Tank and Civil Societies Program. He is a Whar- demic year, including 12 graduating seniors, six graduate Newman Intercultural Ministry, marketing chief of La Vida ton Communications Fellow and was a teaching assistant students, and two recent graduates. They will conduct re- Magazine, and board member of Mujeres Empoderadas. for the Business Economics and Public Policy Department. search, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in Fin- A QuestBridge Scholar who identifies as a first-generation Bryant was president of the Public Policy Initiative Student land, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Mexico, Portugal, low-income student, she has tutored and mentored Latino Group and special programs director for the Penn Model South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and Tajikistan. high school students through the Lanzando Líderes pro- Congress. He also worked with the International Affairs gram. In her career Angeles plans to apply psychology to Association and helped found the Phi Chi Theta business The Fulbright Program is the United States government’s advance social equity and justice. fraternity. Identifying as a first-generation, low-income stu- flagship international educational exchange program, dent, Bryant was involved with Penn First. After the Ful- awarding grants to fund as long as 12 months of interna- Robyn Barrow, from Little Rock, Arkansas, is a Ph.D. can- bright he plans to work in Washington, D.C., before enroll- tional experience. didate in history of art in the School of Arts & Sciences. She ing at Harvard Law School. was awarded a Fulbright-National Science Foundation Arc- “As an avenue for building cross-cultural understanding, the tic Research Grant to conduct research in Iceland, studying Youvin Chung, from Barrington, Rhode Island, will gradu- U.S. Student Fulbright Program is an unparalleled oppor- belief systems surrounding wood and the effects of defor- ate in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with mi- tunity for American students to represent our country and estation on artmaking and manuscript production in me- nors in psychology and mathematics from the College. He our University across the world,” says Jane Morris, executive dieval Iceland. She studies art, materiality, and trade in the was awarded a Fulbright to teach English in Taiwan. Chung director of Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and medieval Nordic world, with an interest in the relationships tutored Penn students in mathematics and science and Fellowships, which supports applicants. “We are so proud between European Scandinavians, Indigenous communi- has been a teaching assistant for the electricity and mag- of all our Penn Fulbright students who will be contributing ties, and the Arctic landscape. Barrow received a bachelor’s netism lab, organic chemistry lab, and physical chemistry. to this important mission through their study, research, and degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, and a He has been a crisis counselor for the Trevor Project and English teaching as Fulbrighters.” master’s degree in medieval art at the Courtauld Institute of a co-servant at Grace Covenant Church. During the pan- Art in London. demic, Chung co-founded Lockdown Letters, an initiative Penn 2021-22 Fulbright grant recipients: that sent thousands of letters of appreciation to frontline Saxon Bryant, from Pueblo West, Colorado, will gradu- workers in 50 states, and served as a COVID-19 resource Daisy Angeles, from Yakima, Washington, will graduate in ate in May with a bachelor’s degree from the College in caller in Service Link. He has been a section director for May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor political science and from the Wharton School, where he the West Philadelphia Tutoring Project and president of the in Latin American and Latino studies from the College of concentrated in business economics and public policy. He Penn Pre-Medical Association, as well as an associate editor Arts and Sciences. She was awarded a Fulbright to teach was awarded a Fulbright Debate Coach Grant in Taiwan. for Synapse, a student-run health care publication. Chung English in Mexico. In the fall semester she conducted an At Penn, he is a Public Policy Research Scholar, a Joseph eventually plans to pursue a medical degree. independent study that explored the relationships between Wharton Scholar, a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, and a CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p11

Gabriel DeSantis, from Wellesley, Massachusetts, received and a desire to improve themselves, their community, and programs and mentoring students at public schools in West his bachelor’s degree from Penn in 2020 and will gradu- the lives of the poor and vulnerable. He is a member of the Philadelphia. Standefer is a member of the sociology under- ate in May with a master’s degree in bioengineering from Shen Bioinformatics Lab, a Penn Center for Neuroscience graduate advisory board and the Netter Center for Com- the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He was & Society Fellow, and a Moral Voices Fellow. He eventually munity Partnerships student advisory board and has been awarded a Fulbright to conduct research in Portugal at the plans to pursue a medical degree and continue to work on the vice president of Penn’s synchronized swimming team. International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. There projects involving computer science and medicine. She worked as a sociological research assistant, a resident he will be creating a 3D bio-printed model to optimize the assistant for the Music and Social Change Residential Pro- texture and nutritional profiles of cultivated meat. At Penn Neelima Paleti, from Columbus, Ohio, will graduate in gram, and a teaching assistant for two academically based his academic interests included biology, food science, and May with a bachelor’s degree in health and societies and community service courses. She is a member of both the sustainability, which he hopes to use to develop new sys- biology with a minor in chemistry from the College. She Phi Beta Kappa honors society and the Pi Delta Phi French tems of food production. On campus, DeSantis was a Penn was awarded a Fulbright to conduct research in India af- Honors Society. Her honors thesis about public- and pri- Abroad Leader and board member of the Graduate Associa- filiated with the University of Hyderabad. She will conduct vate-school parent experiences during COVID-19 received tion of Bioengineers. He is a past chair of the Mask and Wig an ethnographic study to explore the sociocultural factors the E. Digby Baltzell Award for best senior thesis. She is Club. He currently works as a research assistant for Allevi, influencing the high rates of cesarean section births and the planning a career fighting for educational equity as a public a Philadelphia-based bioprinting company at Pennovation larger implications on maternal health in South India. Her school teacher. Works. academic interests include medicine, health policy, and an- thropology. At Penn Paleti was an Asian American Studies Edward Stevens IV, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, will Megan Everts, from Murrieta, California, will graduate in fellow, director of operations at Service Link, president of graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and May with a bachelor’s degree in international relations and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Penn, and co- criminology from the College. He was awarded a Fulbright East Asian studies and a minor in French and Francophone editor-in-chief of Penn Healthcare Review and PennScience to pursue a master’s degree in contemporary societies at the Studies from the College. She was awarded a Fulbright to Journal. At the Penn Center for Healthcare Innovation, Pa- University of Helsinki in Finland. Identifying as a first-gen- teach English in South Korea. She is a QuestBridge Scholar leti helped build a proactive mental health care model for eration, low-income student, Stevens worked to serve oth- and Benjamin Franklin Scholar. Active with Penn Abroad, hospitalized patients. She plans to pursue a career in medi- ers while at Penn, as a member of the co-ed community ser- she studied for a semester in South Korea and another in cine and public health. vice fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, the Philadelphia Medical Japan, as well as two summers in France and a week in Reserve Corps, and through Civic House Alternative Break Singapore. She was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Bhavana Penmetsa, from Plano, Texas, will graduate in May trips. Stevens, a QuestBridge Scholar, held internships with Studies Fellowship to explore her interest in East Asia and with a bachelor’s degree in cognitive science with minors the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the Dela- to study Japanese. On campus she was involved with the in computer science and linguistics from the College. She ware Valley Regional Planning Commission, and the Netter Fellowship for Building Intercultural Communities and the was awarded a Fulbright to teach English in Spain, based at Center for Community Partnerships. He also participated Intercultural Leadership Program. Everts has interned for the Universidad de Málaga’s Writing Center where she will in sociology and history research projects focused on so- ESL-focused organizations including Come on Out - Japan work to update the curriculum as well as conduct academic cial change. Stevens plans eventually to pursue a Ph.D. in and Teach North Korean Refugees. She also had a virtual writing skills workshops. Penmetsa has been a writing tutor sociology. internship with the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul. She at Penn’s Writing Center and has worked as a teaching as- eventually plans to pursue a graduate degree in internation- sistant. She was a senior board member of PennVeg, played Judith Weston, from Atlanta, is a Ph.D. candidate in com- al relations and a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. piano for Penn Singers, and worked at the front desk of the parative literature specializing in French literature and bib- College Office. Penmetsa eventually plans to attend law liography in the School of Arts & Sciences. She was award- Samuel Goldstein, from Jacksonville, Florida, will graduate school and pursue a career in education law. ed a Fulbright to conduct research in France, continuing in May with a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics to work on her dissertation entitled “Pulp Fiction: A Bib- and a master’s degree in physics from the School of Arts & John Sigmier, of Rocky River, Ohio, is a Ph.D. candidate in liographical and Material Analysis of Vernacular Literature Sciences. He was awarded a Fulbright to conduct research the art and archaeology of the Mediterranean world gradu- on Paper c. 1480-1540.” She received her bachelor’s degree at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany. ate group studying Roman archaeology and architectural from Emory University in French studies and English/clas- Goldstein works with Penn Professor Bhuvnesh Jain’s group history in the School of Arts & Sciences. He was awarded sics and her master’s degree from Oxford University in me- on cosmology research. He has previously worked with the a Fulbright to conduct research in France based on his dis- dieval and modern languages. U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Labora- sertation, drawing upon archaeological evidence to explore tory’s Cosmology Group and Penn’s High Energy Physics how construction knowledge was shared in the northwest- Andrew Zheng, from Fairfield, California, will graduate in Group. He has been a CURF Research Peer Advisor and ern Roman Empire. At Penn, he is a Kolb Junior Fellow and May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology with minors in a tutor. Goldstein is the recipient of the Barry Goldwater has served on the board of the Penn Museum Graduate Ad- statistics and neuroscience from the College. He was award- Scholarship and the William E. Stephens Prize and was visory Council. He has also worked at archaeological sites ed a Fulbright to teach English in Spain where he hopes to elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He plans to pursue a Ph.D.in throughout the Mediterranean and currently excavates in advance students’ data analysis skills and help restore build- physics. Turkey at the ancient city of Sardis. He received his bach- ings with historical significance in the Asturias region. At elor’s degree from Harvard University and his master’s de- Penn, Zheng was a biology fellow and co-fellow coordina- Maria Kovalchuk, from Pittsburgh, is a Ph.D. candidate in gree from the University of Oxford. tor for Moelis Access Science in the Netter Center for Com- classical studies in the School of Arts & Sciences. She is also munity Partnerships, as well as philanthropy chair for the pursuing the graduate certificate in global medieval studies Claire Sliney, from Los Angeles, will graduate in May with Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. He was head of digital content, and a teaching certificate. Awarded a Fulbright to conduct a bachelor’s degree in philosophy politics & economics and vice president of internal relations, and a writer for Un- research in Germany, her current interests include Greek- gender sexuality & women’s studies in the College. She was Earthed Magazine. He completed his senior thesis with the Latin translation and Hellenistic literature, reception, and awarded a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fel- Wharton School’s Rebecca Schaumberg on the negative ef- literary theory. Kovalchuk received her bachelor’s degree lowship to conduct research and make a documentary film fect of a just-in-time work style on interpersonal judgments from Northwestern University and her master’s degree from in France. Sliney will study the sociopolitical and sociocul- of trust. He is interested in using psychology to positively the University of Cambridge, both in classics. She also stud- tural implications of the depictions of French-Maghrebi impact organizational culture, education, and policy. ied at the American School and the British School in Athens women in French cinema and, in turn, will use cinema to and interned at the Field Museum and the Getty Villa. reimagine French-Maghrebi female identity. Sliney is a co- Rhina Allende (Not pictured), who will graduate in May founder of The Pad Project, a nonprofit organization dedi- after an Urban Teaching Residency at the Graduate School Andreas Nolan, from New York City, graduated in 2019 cated to creating and cultivating global partnerships to end of Education, was awarded a Fulbright to teach English in with a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in Eng- both the stigma surrounding menstruation and the poverty South Africa. She applied through her undergraduate insti- lish from the College. He was awarded a Fulbright to study caused by periods as a mechanism for improving social, tution, the College of Saint Rose, where she received her at the University of Turku in Finland, where he will pursue health, and economic conditions. With The Pad Project, bachelor’s degree. a master’s degree in inequalities, interventions, and the new Sliney was an executive producer of a Netflix documentary welfare state. He plans to investigate when digital health ser- short, “Period. End of Sentence.” which won an Oscar for One Penn grant recipient, who was awarded a Fulbright to vices can effectively supplement in-person treatment, with Best Documentary Short at the 2019 Academy Awards. At teach English in Tajikistan, asked to remain anonymous. a focus on overcoming barriers to care. At Penn he helped Penn she is a Perry World House Student Fellow and a Mil- develop Civic House’s Community Engagement Program lennium Fellow through the United Nations Academic Im- Louisa Shepard/Penn Today and was co-director of Penn Benjamins Peer Counseling. pact and Millennium Campus Network.

Caleb Oh, from Kildeer, Illinois, will graduate in May with Marion Standefer, from Philadelphia, will graduate in May a bachelor’s degree in philosophy with a minor in biology with a bachelor’s degree in sociology with minors in French from the College. He was awarded a Fulbright to conduct and urban education from the College. She was awarded a research in radiation oncology at the Yonsei University Sev- Fulbright to pursue a degree in education at CY Cergy Uni- For more articles, visit AsianCampusTribune.com erance Hospital in South Korea. At Penn Oh is the founder versité in France, with a focus on social and territorial ac- of Penn Junto, for students who share a spirit of inquiry tion. She has spent the past four years directing after-school AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p12 CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS

New Illinois Program Seeks to Serve Low-Income, Homeless and Low-Resource Rural Veterans

Roughly one-third of all veterans “Addressing a community’s needs for food, shelter and em- live in rural areas and are often ployment is an important step in establishing stronger bonds less likely to have access to needed between local organizations and the military and veteran services than those in urban areas. populations,” Sterrett said. Reaching Rural Veterans events provide opportunities to thank vet- About Purdue University erans for their service while also Purdue University is a top public research institution de- helping them find needed resources veloping practical solutions to today’s toughest challenges. close to home, said Rena Sterrett, Ranked the No. 5 Most Innovative University in the United senior program administration spe- States by U.S. News & World Report, Purdue delivers world- cialist with MFRI. changing research and out-of-this-world discovery. Com- mitted to hands-on and online, real-world learning, Purdue To identify counties that could offers a transformative education to all. Committed to afford- most benefit from the initiative, ability and accessibility, Purdue has frozen tuition and most Sterrett and her colleagues at MFRI fees at 2012-13 levels, enabling more students than ever to collaborated with representatives of graduate debt-free. See how Purdue never stops in the per- Illinois Extension. After choosing sistent pursuit of the next giant leap at https://purdue.edu/. five rural counties with relatively A program developed by Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute is working to high numbers of veterans, Exten- About the Military Family Research Institute bring together community resources for veterans who are facing food security issues. (Photo by sion staff also located potential Using data-driven solutions to real-world issues, MFRI works Israel Palacio on Unsplash) partner food pantries. closely with collaborators to improve the lives of veterans and military families. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Military Family Research “Illinois Extension was a valuable Institute (MFRI) at Purdue University is collaborating with partner in helping target counties that could most benefit About University of Illinois Extension University of Illinois Extension and select Illinois food from the program because of their intimate knowledge of the The flagship outreach effort of the University of Illinois at pantries and faith-based communities on Reaching Rural state,” Sterrett said. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Extension offers educational Veterans (RRV), a Purdue-based program that connects programs to residents of all of Illinois’ 102 counties and be- low-income, homeless and low-resource rural veterans with As part of the grant process, MFRI representatives are edu- yond. Extension provides practical education you can trust affordable housing, health care and other resources. cating food pantry staff and volunteers about the strengths to help people, businesses and communities solve problems, and struggles of military and veteran families and helping develop skills, and build a better future. With support from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, them recruit military-connected organizations to participate RRV expanded this spring into Effingham, Fulton, Perry, in pantry events. Ultimately, Sterrett said, she hopes to reach Media contact: Angela Roberts, [email protected] Saline and Union counties in Illinois. Each food pantry is 50 veterans in each of the participating pantries — a goal that Source: Rena Sterrett, [email protected] receiving grants, education and assistance to help them mo- will require coordination among area partners. bilize local resources for military and veteran families. Kristen Cavallo/Purdue News

The Economy and Pandemic Are Improving, Mental Health Is Not Young adults have been hit the hardest with depression

30% in December 2020, depression rates One interesting finding is that when they are asked about are three times the levels before the pan- vaccine status, respondents who are moderately to severely demic. depressed are less likely to have been vaccinated (51%) com- pared to those who have been vaccinated (32%). The survey of over 21,000 individuals be- tween April 1–May 3 reveals that young “This likely reflects a sense of control over uncertainty among adults between the ages of 18 and 24 have those vaccinated,” Druckman said. been hit particularly hard, with 42% show- ing signs of at least moderate depression. Among racial and ethnic groups, Latino respondents had the Individuals from 25–44 years old (32%) highest rates of depression at 33%, with 27% of White and and 45–65 years old (20%) have the next Black respondents reporting depression. Asian Americans, highest levels of depression. Only 10% of who had the lowest depression rates earlier in the year, saw respondents 65 or older meet criteria for them increase from 22% to 27% since March 2021. moderate or higher levels of depression. In the researchers’ October 2020 survey, Political party is closely associated with reports of depres- nearly half of young adults reported having sion, with about a third of Democrats (30%) and Indepen- Photo credit: iStock at least moderate symptoms of depression. dents (33%) meeting the criteria for depression versus about With vaccination rates increasing and states reopening, many one-fifth of Republicans (21%). are hopeful that the pandemic is finally nearing its end. De- “This is sobering news and likely reflects that young people spite the optimism around the pandemic’s progress, a na- are already dealing with much uncertainty at that stage of Across states, residents in Texas, West Virginia, Alabama, tional survey conducted by researchers from Northwestern, life; the pandemic thrown in exacerbates that,” IPR political Oklahoma, and Alaska have the greatest rates of depression Harvard, Northeastern, and Rutgers finds that depression scientist James Druckman said, who co-authored the report. (33%–34%), and residents in another 11 show more mod- and other mental health issues have not improved since the erate rates of 30% or more. Residents in Illinois reported a winter. As with other issues seen during the pandemic, including depression rate of 28%. COVID-19 cases, testing availability, and vaccine hesitancy, Previously, the researchers have shown that mental distress is mental health varies by demographic group. Parents with Read the complete report here. closely tied to poor economic conditions, so one would ex- children at home have elevated rates of depression (35%) ver- pect to see improvements as the economy improved. sus adults without children (25%). Adults without a college James Druckman is the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political education report higher levels depression (30%) than adults Science and IPR Associate Director. Previous surveys can be Instead, of those surveyed, over a fourth (28%) meet moder- with a college degree (23%). And individuals earning less found here. ate levels of depression that would result in evaluation and than $30,000 per year have the highest levels of depression treatment. While the numbers have slightly decreased from (35%) compared to other earners. Source: Northwestern Now CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p13

Dismantling the Patriarchy, One Book at a Time UD senior studying art history, French and the fine arts expands her worldview through her book collection

own story and world- with the opportunity to spark conversations and share in view to share. new experiences with friends and family.

You’ll find classics, like “People who I have known for a long time, I learn things Sylvia Plath’s The Bell about them I’ve never known when we’re reading or discuss- Jar, Virginia Woolf’s A ing a book together,” Symons said. She could be discussing Room of One’s Own how author Sarah Rees Brennan swaps stereotypical gender and Anne Frank’s The roles to illustrate how problematic they are in the novel In Diary of Anne Frank, Other Lands with a friend, or listening to her mom recount alongside contempo- stories from her childhood and Symons’ childhood after rary favorites, like An- reading Michelle Obama’s Becoming together. In every case, gie Thomas’ The Hate it brings them closer. U Give, John Green’s Paper Towns and Mad- With friends and family, Symons can discuss what they’ve eline Miller’s Circe. learned from these stories and how they can use it to better There are comic books, themselves and the world. “I think we all come out of those like Marvel’s The Un- conversations for the better,” she said. “We are more open to beatable Squirrel Girl the fact that we don’t know everything and there is still a lot Eileen Symons, a senior studying art history, French and the fine arts, is a voracious reader, who favors char- and DC Comics’ Bat- for us to learn.” acters and stories that defy stereotypes and limitations. She placed in the 2020 Seth Trotter Book Collecting Contest, sponsored by the Friends of the University of Delaware Library, for her collection of books on gender, girl Year One, along- identity and sexuality that aims to “dismantle the patriarchy.” side feminist-forward Being able to recommend books to her family and friends is novels and essay col- another valuable way Symons uses her collection to connect Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles highlight- lections, like Roxanne with others. “I love giving books to friends and family, and ing the winners of the second annual Seth Trotter Book Col- Gay’s Bad Feminist. The collection also includes biographies saying, ‘Hey, we were having this conversation the other day, lecting Contest, sponsored by the Friends of the University of figures like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Malala Yousafzai, and this book really speaks to that. You should check this of Delaware Library. UD students can submit their applica- and the memoir of sexual assault survivor Laurie Halse An- out,’ ” she said. tions for this year’s contest by June 1, 2021. derson. In the same way, she enjoys browsing a friend’s bookshelves Senior Eileen Symons isn’t the type of person who only reads or having them recommend a title for her. “Sometimes a book once. She has read each title in her growing collec- they’ll suggest something and say, ‘I’m not sure if I like [the tion of books on gender, identity and sexuality at least twice. book,] but I think it would be an important addition to your She frequently re-reads the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and collection,’” Symons said. “So it’s not just about what I’ll en- she has revisited Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice no less joy, but what will have an impact and what will make me see than 50 times. something from a new perspective.”

While Symons — a student of art history, French and fine Reading and curating her evolving collection has helped arts — is undoubtedly a voracious reader today, that wasn’t broaden and change her perspectives in all facets of her life, always the case. including her coursework. As part of the University’s 4+1 Master’s Program in Art History for Museum Professionals, Growing up, Symons struggled with learning how to read she’s been reading a lot of art history textbooks for graduate and write. seminars.

“Each word was a hard-won battle,” she said. It was a long With her interest in lifting up diverse and inclusive voices process to build her vocabulary as she lagged behind the beyond the “very colonial, imperialist, white, straight, male” progress of her friends and peers. “But I was lucky enough background of art history, she said, Symons can better ques- that I was read to, at home, and I still enjoyed stories. I un- tion her own biases, acknowledge the changes in the art derstood the pleasure that could come from reading and world today, and prepare for the changes in representation from books, despite the fact that I wasn’t reading myself.” that are to come.

When she was finally able to read longer books on her own, “I really do believe in the power of books and the ability to she devoured any book she could — the good, the bad, the learn from the stories others write,” Symons said. “Reading complex and the overly simplified. She would check out 20 has made me a more open and understanding person… If books from her local library at a time. She would pack her you let them, books offer us all a chance to engage in new suitcase with more books than clothes for a vacation. topics of conversation with ourselves.” Eileen Symons’ collection consists of more than 80 titles that repre- In reading everything, she was able to recognize what she sent varied genders, ethnicities and identities, including Chimaman- da Ngozi Adichie’s essay “We Should All Be Feminists” and Rainbow Symons’ book collection has transformed into a personal most appreciated in books. She found herself gravitating to- Rowell’s novel “Carry On.” journey she will continue for years to come. With each book, ward strong, complex and fully developed characters who she discovers new stories and perspectives to flesh out her broke away from stereotypes and contrived limitations. “I own worldview, and new opportunities to share those expe- loved when I discovered characters who felt like friends, One area that she particularly focuses on within her collec- riences with others. who proved stronger than their hardships, who were not de- tion is young adult literature, a genre that is rapidly growing fined by a world that saw them as limited,” she said. and showcasing new voices and experiences. “The books I Seth Trotter Book Collecting Contest read when I was young shaped me and shaped the way I Characters and stories that defy stereotypes and limitations view the world,” Symons said. “I think it’s fantastic and so Eileen Symons is one of three winners of the Friends of the are the core of her growing book collection themed around important that the YA books that we’re reading now are be- University of Delaware Library’s 2020 Seth Trotter Book “dismantling the patriarchy.” coming so diverse, and are exploring difficult themes that Collecting Contest. The other winners are Edward Benner weren’t at all addressed even five years ago.” and Lucia O’Neill. The Friends created the contest to en- “Dismantling the patriarchy is not only reforming what it courage reading and research, the creation of personal li- means to be a woman or defining ‘masculinity,’ but allowing Whether fiction, non-fiction or poetry, the books in her col- braries, and an appreciation of printed or illustrated works for a complexity of character,” Symons said. “You don’t have lection all highlight perspectives and experiences different for pleasure and scholarship among UD undergraduate and to be just one thing. I think when that happens, when you from Symons’ own. “Books are a great way to get out of your graduate students. Students can learn more about the 2021 don’t confine people to something, that’s a step in disman- own little bubble and experience someone else’s reality as Seth Trotter Book Collecting Contest, including how to sub- tling the patriarchy.” much as anyone can,” she said. mit their applications, here. Photos courtesy of Eileen Symons Symons’ collection consists of more than 80 titles that repre- These diverse characters and perspectives also provide her Allison Ebner/UDaily News sent varied genders, ethnicities and identities. Each has their AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p14 CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS

Covid-19 Vaccination Required for Employees on University-Funded Travel

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UW Begins New Clinical Trial to Treat Fatal Blood Diseases in Children, Young Adults

A clinical trial has launched at the UW School of Medicine ric Bone Marrow Transplant Program at the UW School of PACT cell manufacturing. and Public Health to test the safety of a new type of stem cell Medicine and Public Health. transplantation to treat a variety of deadly blood disorders in children and young adults. “Proving safety is the first step, of course, but as our research progresses, we are very excited about what this type of trans- The trial is being sponsored by the UW Program for Ad- plantation could become,” she said. vanced Cell Therapy (PACT) in partnership with the De- partment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology, This type of stem cell therapy has Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant. been difficult in the past because it also depletes a patient’s natural The Food and Drug Administration-approved trial will use a immune protection response to form of transplant that replaces a patient’s bone marrow with infectious agents that their body alpha-beta T-cell depleted peripheral blood stem cells from would otherwise be able to pro- closely matched unrelated donors or family members. tect against, like dormant viruses.

The potential for this form of Hofmann and her PACT cell pro- Lab technicians produced cells for several clinical trials in progress at the Program for Advanced Cell Therapy at University Hospital in transplantation is the ability to Ross Meyers cessing partners are utilizing an Madison. cure many non-cancerous blood FDA-approved technology called disorders, like sickle cell disease, the Miltenyi CliniMACS system, which selectively eliminate The Phase 1 study seeks to enroll 12 people ages 3 months to severe congenital neutropenia types of cells in the transplantation process that cause two 40 years old. It is the fourth clinical trial sponsored by PACT. and some anemias, among oth- common post-transplant disorders, graft-versus-host disease ers, according to Inga Hofmann, and Epstein-Barr Virus infection. The trial will be conducted at UW Health’s University Hospi- MD, principal investigator of the tal in Madison, in collaboration with the UW School of Med- study, UW Health oncologist, “PACT has established cell manufacturing competencies icine and Public Health and the UW Carbone Cancer Center. Inga Hofmann and assistant professor of pedi- within UW Health that meet exacting FDA regulatory stan- atrics and the director of Pediat- dards for this study,” said Ross Meyers, PhD, director of Andrew Hellpap/UW Madison News WORK-LIFE AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p15

Working in Sweatpants May be over as Companies Contemplate the Great Office Return

people in the office before the pandemic? Maybe never.

“The pandemic has really had us rethink what it means to get work done, and how we get the work done,” Iyer says.

Top of mind for Iyer as she contemplates how to bring people back is the institute’s mission: to move human society to live in ways that protect the environment. A smaller office would save energy, but so would just hav- ing fewer people in the office, Iyer says.

Still, she’s wary of moving too fast. She knows a lot can be lost when you’re not face-to-face with colleagues, and she’s already getting questions from employees who wonder if they’ll miss out on mentoring or career op- portunities. She doesn’t yet have the answers but be- lieves there may be surprising ways to build human con- nections that haven’t been thought of yet. She looks to the past for inspiration.

“You just look back into how humanity has lived life, and you have pen pals,” Iyer says. “Who would have thought pen pals would have great human connections? But they did.”

To get an idea of what a permanent hybrid setup might look like, walk into the offices of Creative Theory, a David McNew/AFP via Getty Images marketing and consulting agency in Washington’s Union Market District. The company helps big brands such as On a walk outside his office in downtown Washington, opted to remain fully remote. Google, Netflix and Under Armour shape their cultural D.C., Greg Meyer stops to peer in through the glass messaging. windows of a fast-casual lunch spot called Leon. The According to Gallup, 45% of full-time workers in the exposed brick interior gives it a cozy coffeehouse vibe. U.S. are still working remotely at least some of the time. “What’s been really exciting is to see folks coming back But the lunch crowd is nowhere to be seen. The whole Among white collar workers, it’s about 70%. In survey into the office and wanting to be around other people,” place is dark. after survey, an overwhelming majority of workers say CEO Tamon George says. they want flexible work options to continue. “The pandemic put them out of business,” says Meyer, On a recent afternoon, about a third of Creative The- region head for Brookfield Properties, which owns al- After the summer, Meyer wants everyone back in full ory’s 20 or so employees were in the open-plan office. most all the buildings on this block and hundreds more time. In the front part of the office is a shop they run, selling around the country. items created by local Black artisans. “We’re in the office business, and so if we don’t believe Now with vaccines available on demand and infection in it, I don’t think we can expect anyone else to,” he says. “We are incredibly connected to our community here,” rates falling, Meyer believes businesses have a civic duty “But equally importantly, we think it’s a really important George says. to bring workers back. part of our success — having people work together, teach each other, learn from each other, all those things which Those connections are informing how he thinks about “It’s time now,” he says. “We’ve got to do everything we you can’t do remotely very well.” the future. He envisions the office as a place where his can do to get people back as quickly as possible.” employees interact not just with each other but with the Six blocks away at the World Resources Institute, the public. And yet he knows how productive working from Fifteen months into the pandemic, Brookfield’s office thinking is: not so fast. The environmental nonprofit home can be when there are no distractions. The com- buildings in Washington are only at about 14% occu- has yet to bring anyone back to the office on a regular pany more than doubled in size in the pandemic while pancy, down from 80% in normal times. Companies that basis. Renuka Iyer, the head of human resources, says everyone was working remotely. ordered their employees to work from home in March only about 3% of employees say they need to come back 2020 are only now starting to bring them back into the to do their work properly. George says he can’t see ever requiring people to be in office. Some are waiting until fall to bring back workers the office five days a week. He has two toddlers at home in significant numbers, while others have no plans to re- and appreciates being able to divide his time between turn to pre-pandemic work arrangements at all. home and office. So three days a week in the office might become the norm. However it ends up, he expects peo- Navigating the return to the office is a delicate operation ple will want to be around the table — the actual, physi- that has the potential to define a company’s culture for cal table — for what he calls “the good times.” years. What happens over the coming months could also have a profound effect on cities such as Washington. “Not that there are a lot of bad times,” George says. “But if we can enjoy ourselves, enjoy the work we do together, “It makes me worried,” Meyer says. “We have to make celebrate together, share the wins together, that counts.” sure the city is vibrant again, that businesses feel wel- come.” Andrea Hsu/BBC Renuka Iyer, chief human resources officer for the World Resources Meyer’s own staff at Brookfield Properties came back Institute, sits in an empty office. The environmental nonprofit’s staff to the office in September, working a hybrid schedule has been working remotely since March 2020. Andrea Hsu/NPR with people coming in every other day. Upgraded air fil- tration, masks and a checkerboard seating pattern kept The plan is for those people to return this summer, fol- For more articles, visit AsianCampusTribune.com people safe, Meyers says. Still, some employees have lowed by more in the fall. But a return to the numbers of AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p16 CULTURE

Ten Films to Watch this June

half-dozen instalments of the directed by Janicza Bravo, stars Taylour Paige as Zola, series, it turns out that he had a and Riley Keough as her new acquaintance Stefanie. It’s “a brother he never mentioned all frank and extremely funny account of one wild weekend”, along. Still, it’s this heroic dis- writes Hannah Strong in Little White Lies, “approaching regard for logic and plausibility sex trafficking in a bold new way as well as examining the that makes the Fast & Furious racial tension between Zola and Stefanie”. franchise so much fun. The first film was a low-budget cop thrill- Released on 30 June in the US and Canada er about illegal street racers, but the sequels have grown bigger and sillier every time. F9 (in the US) or Fast & Furious 9 (in the UK) is a global cyber-spy extrav- aganza boasting appearances by (Image credit: Anna Kooris/ A24) Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell and – I kid you not Including Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, Dream – a car that flies into space. “For Horse and Peter Rabbit 2, these are the films not to miss audiences who want their 2021 return to the multiplex to this month. deliver big, loud, exciting action,” says Alonso Duralde in The Wrap, “F9 makes the cars go fast, jump high, and gen- In the Heights erally do the impossible. It’s exhilaratingly ridiculous, yes, (Credit: Anna Kooris/ A24) but it’s also ridiculously exhilarating.” Siberia Released on 24 June in the UK and Ireland, and 25 June in the US and Canada

Dream Horse

(Credit: Macall Polay/ Warner Bros)

This year promises two musicals about immigrant life in (Credit: Alamy) New York City. In December there is Steven Spielberg’s version of the classic West Side Story. And in the mean- No relation to the 2018 Keanu Reeves thriller of the same time, we have In the Heights, adapted from the Tony- name, Siberia is the sixth collaboration between Abel Fer- winning, hip-hop-infused Broadway show by Lin-Manuel rara (Bad Lieutenant, King of New York) and his regu- (Credit: Warner Bros) Miranda (Hamilton) and Quiara Alegria Hudes, and di- lar leading man, Willem Dafoe. It’s also their wildest and rected by John M Chu (Crazy Rich Asians). The film is weirdest film yet – and that’s saying something. Dafoe set over three hot summer days in Washington Heights, Jan Vokes (Toni Collette) runs a shop in a small, deprived plays a loner who hitches his dogsled to a team of hus- a vibrant Manhattan neighbourhood threatened by gen- town in Wales. Business is slow, so when she overhears kies and heads off into the Siberian snow. Not wild and trification. This adaptation “hits with equal parts rapture an accountant (Damian Lewis) discussing how profitable weird enough for you? Well, he also travels through his and relief”, writes David Ehrlich in IndieWire. “Here is horse-racing can be, she has the sort of idea that British own dreams and memories. Guy Lodge writes in Variety a musical so magical and assured that even its missteps comedy dramas are made of. She will form a syndicate that the film is a “beautiful, unhinged, sometimes hilari- seem like good ideas.” The question now is whether even with her friends, and together they will use what little cash ous trek into geographical and psychological wilderness Spielberg himself will be able to reach the same heights. they have to breed and train a racehorse of their own. Can that will delight some and mystify many others”. It’s a must these plucky newcomers compete with the tycoons who for those who like their cinema to be philosophical and Released on 11 June in the US and Canada and 18 June in dominate the sport? And can Collette and Lewis pull off surreal. But be warned: “Those who require a standard A- the UK and Ireland convincing Welsh accents? It may sound far-fetched, but to-B narrative would be best advised to check out.” Dream Horse is based on a true story that has already F9 / Fast & Furious 9 been the subject of a hit documentary. “Beautifully shot Released on 18 June in the US and packed with snappy, well-played characters,” says Rich Cline at Shadows on the Wall, “it’s a warm and en- The Sparks Brothers gaging tale that will appeal to anyone who has struggled to hold on to a dream”.

Released on 4 June in the UK and Ireland, and 10 June in Australia

Zola

Zola must be the first ever film to use the credit “based on the tweets by”. The tweets in question – all 148 of them – (Credit: Universal Pictures) were posted one night in October 2015 by A’Ziah “Zola” King. They told the jaw-dropping story of how King, a Vin Diesel is back as Dominic Toretto in the tenth Fast waitress in Detroit, agreed to go on a road trip to Florida (Credit: Anna Webber/ Focus Features) & Furious blockbuster (if you include spin-off, Hobbs with a woman she had just met. The plan was that they & Shaw), and this time the villain is ... his own long-lost would make a fortune by pole-dancing, but King was de- Sparks have been called “your favourite band’s favourite brother (John Cena)! Yes, even though Dom has been ceived, exploited, and endangered instead. The Hustlers- band”: the Los Angeles art-pop duo may not be main- droning on about the importance of family for the last meets-Spring-Breakers adaptation of her Twitter thread, stream stars, but their oddball genius has entranced and CULTURE AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p17

influenced musicians for decades. And not just musicians. gether. Boyd van Hoeij of The Hollywood Reporter prais- One of their biggest fans is Edgar Wright, the director of es “a story that’s frequently awkward and a little painful Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and the forthcoming Last to watch but also sincere and truthful about adolescence Vegan Thai Green Curry Night in Soho. Interviewing Sparks themselves (broth- in a way seldom seen in films about teenagers made by ers Ron and Russell Mael) along with such Sparks afi- middle-aged directors”. cionados as Beck, Jason Schwartzman and Neil Gaiman, he has put together an enthusiastic and suitably quirky Released on 18 June in the US film about the group’s 50-year, 25-album career. “Wright knows some people won’t want to watch a long documen- Fatherhood tary about a band they’ve never heard of,” says Jordan Hoffman in The Guardian, “so he’s sure to keep it funny and alive at every possible turn.” Sparks may well be your own favourite band by the end of it.

Released on 18 June in the US and 24 June in Australia Preparation time: less than 30 mins Peter Rabbit 2 Cooking time: 10 to 30 mins Serves: Serves 2 Dietary: Vegetarian

Ingredients (Credit: Philippe Bosse/Netflix) For the Thai green curry paste • 2 lemongrass stalks, tough outer leaves removed In 2008, Matthew Logelin’s wife Liz died suddenly, 27 • 5 green chillies hours after giving birth to their daughter Madeleine. • thumb-sized piece fresh root ginger (or galangal Logelin chronicled the ordeal on his blog, and then in root), peeled a book, Two Kisses For Maddy: A Memoir of Love and • ½ lime, juice only Loss. Now the book has been made into Fatherhood, a • 3 garlic cloves, peeled • 2 shallots, peeled comedy drama about the challenges of being a widower (Credit: Sony Pictures) • 1 tsp ground cumin and a single parent. For a while, the film was due to star • 4 fresh coriander stalks (optional) Channing Tatum, but the role of Matt ultimately went to For the curry Critics weren’t too keen on 2018’s Peter Rabbit, a blend of Kevin Hart. It’s an intriguing departure for an actor who • 1 tsp olive oil live-action and animation that owed less to Beatrix Potter’s specialises in broad, high-volume comedy, but the di- • 200g/7oz firm tofu, cut into 3cm/1¼in cubes charming picture books than to the slapstick violence of a rector and co-writer, Paul Weitz, is on familiar ground, • 1 large shallot, sliced Bugs Bunny cartoon. But audiences were more enthusias- having dealt with parenthood in About A Boy and Being • 1.2 litres/2 pints vegetable stock tic, so here is the inevitable sequel, featuring Rose Byrne Flynn. Fun fact: Fatherhood is “presented by” Barack and • 200ml/7fl oz coconut milk and Domhnall Gleeson as (live-action) newlyweds, and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground. • 1 tsp brown sugar James Corden as the (animated) rabbit who has agreed to • 3cm/1¼in fresh root ginger, peeled and grated stop stealing their vegetables. Will Gluck, the co-writer- On Netflix from 18 June • 200g/7oz dried rice noodles director, bumps up the postmodern humour from the first • 4 Tenderstem broccoli stalks • 50g/1¾oz beansprouts film, with jokes about how annoying Corden’s voice is and Gunda • salt (optional) American directors spoiling beloved British books. And To garnish this time, even the critics are happy with it. “Consider- • 1 green chilli, thinly sliced ably better than Peter’s 2018 outing,” says Sarah Cartland • 4 fresh basil or Thai basil sprigs at Caution Spoilers, “[the film is] colourful and visually • ½ lime, cut in half engaging, and the comic timing is impeccable.” Method Released on 9 June in the Netherlands, 10 June in Den- 1. To make the curry paste, put all the ingredients in a mark and 18 June in the US and Canada food processor and blend to a paste (or you can use a pestle and mortar). Set aside half the paste. Stir Summer of 85 the tofu into the other half and leave to marinate (either until it’s needed if cooking immediately, or, if time permits, a few hours). 2. To make the curry, add the oil to a deep frying (Credit: Altitude) pan and fry the shallot for 3–4 minutes, or until softened. Add the tofu and remaining curry paste and cook over a medium–high heat for 3 minutes. A quiet alternative to the anthropomorphised antics in Turn the tofu and cook for another 3 minutes, until Peter Rabbit 2, Victor Kossakovsky’s black-and-white crisp. (If you want the tofu to remain crisp, remove documentary shows daily life on a farm from the animals’ it from the pan and set aside; otherwise keep it in perspective, with no shots of human beings, and no dia- the pan.) logue except for grunts. The film’s heroine is Gunda, a 3. Pour in the vegetable stock, half the coconut milk sow with a litter of baby piglets. Her co-stars include a and the sugar and bring to the boil for 1 minute. one-legged chicken and a herd of cows. Artfully shot over Turn the heat down as low as possible (less than a simmer). Add the ginger and remaining coconut (Credit: Music Box Films) several months, Kossakovsky’s film is “gorgeous”, “hilari- milk and stir. Taste and add salt if you like. ous”, and “sublime”, says Jessica Kiang in the Los Angeles 4. Add the rice noodles and broccoli and heat for 3–4 François Ozon, the prolific, genre-hopping French writer- Times. And it would be relaxing, too, if we didn’t already minutes, or until cooked. Add the beansprouts (and director, gets back to his roots – and, perhaps, his own know the cute piglets’ ultimate fate. “Beyond its value return the crispy tofu to the pan if you removed it) adolescence – with an adaptation of Aidan Chambers’ as a meditation on animal captivity and cruelty, and its and cook for 1 minute. ground-breaking gay coming-of-age novel, Dance On implicit insistence on an ethical re-evaluation of our re- 5. Serve in bowls, garnished with green chilli and My Grave. Its young lovers are 16-year-old Alexis (Félix lationship to livestock, this is a film that pays attention to basil, and add a wedge of lime to each bowl. Lefebvre) and a swaggering 18-year-old, David (Benja- things we’ve long neglected and to in-between interludes min Voisin), who saves him from drowning when his boat we have forgotten how to see.” Lucy Parker/BBC Food capsizes off the coast of Normandy in 1985. Reviewers have compared Ozon’s nostalgic recreation of a sun-kissed Released on 4 June in the UK and 17 June in the Nether- summer fling to Call Me By Your Name. But in this case, lands as Alexis’s voice-over warns us, David doesn’t have long to For more articles, visit AsianCampusTribune.com live, so the mystery of his death looms over their time to- Nicholas Barber/ BBC AsianCampusTribune | June 2021 p18 CULTURE

Why Is My Dog Sneezing?

Uncontrollable Sneezing in Dogs Severe sneezing can be very concerning to see as a pet parent. The most common causes of uncontrollable sneezing in dogs are nasal foreign bodies, nasal mites, or a nasal tumor. If your pet is incessantly sneezing, es- pecially if it is accompanied by a nasal discharge, seek- ing emergency veterinary care is warranted.

Dog Sneezing With Other Symptoms What if your dog is not just sneezing but has other symptoms? Here are some of the most common symp- toms that show up and what they mean.

Dog Sneezing Blood Sneezing blood is a sign that something more serious is going on with your dog’s nasal passages. Possible causes include foreign bodies, nasal tumors, and bacterial or fungal infections.

Dog Sneezing and Coughing If your canine companion is both sneezing and cough- ing, it may be a sign of a more serious underlying health condition. Possible causes of these symptoms include severe bacterial or fungal infections, kennel cough, ca- nine influenza, or respiratory parasites.

Dog Sneezing and Wheezing If your dog is wheezing in addition to sneezing, it may indicate a problem with your dog’s lungs that needs to be further investigated. Wheezing can be caused by Sneezing can be a normal occurrence in dogs, but in len or dust, that will cause them to sneeze. The small asthma or other respiratory issues. certain situations, you may wonder if excessive sneezing particles can get trapped in your dog’s nasal passages or is a cause for concern. pharynx, which incites a sneeze due to irritation. Other Dog Sneezing vs. Snorting common irritants include scented candles, perfume, air Sometimes it can be difficult to tell the difference- be There are many reasons why dogs sneeze, so it’s impor- fresheners, smoke, or cleaning products. tween dog sneezing and snorting. One way to help tant to distinguish between playful or communicative differentiate is that sneezing is usually an outward ex- dog sneezing versus an indicator of a more serious un- Foreign Body pulsion of air, while snorting is drawing air in with an derlying health condition. Occasionally, dogs will get a piece of foreign material accompanying sound. Snorting is common in brachyce- stuck in their nasal passages, causing severe irritation. phalic dogs, but it can also be seen with overweight ani- Here are some common reasons why your dog might be Examples of such material include blades of grass, fox- mals or those that have underlying medical conditions. sneezing along with other signs to look for, what to do tails, or sticks. These objects are extremely irritating, so if your dog won’t stop sneezing, and when to take your if this is the case, you will see continuous sneezing and What Can I Give My Dog for Sneezing? dog to the veterinarian. discomfort. There are multiple causes for sneezing in dogs; some require further treatment and others do not. Although Why Do Dogs Sneeze? Nasal Infection you may be tempted to reach for over-the-counter hu- This list will help you narrow down the possible causes Upper respiratory infections can cause dogs to sneeze. man products, such as Benadryl, to help provide some behind your dog’s sneezing episode: These can be fungal or bacterial in nature, and some- relief, you should always have your local veterinar- times they can even originate from an infected tooth ian determine the true underlying cause of your dog’s Allergies root. If your dog has an infection, you will usually see sneezing before starting any type of treatment. If your dog is sneezing, it can sometimes be an indica- additional symptoms, such as a bloody or mucoid dis- tor of underlying environmental allergies. You may no- charge and lack of appetite. When to Take Sneezing Dogs to the Vet tice sneezing in addition to other allergy signs, such as Occasional sneezing in dogs does not usually require a watery eyes or scratching and licking their fur due to Nasal Mites vet visit. However, some instances of dog sneezing do itchiness. Nasal mites are small bugs that can cause severe nasal require a trip to the vet to see what’s wrong. Here are irritation in dogs. Dogs often get them when they dig or some cases where you should see a vet: Play Sneezing rub their nose in dirt. Due to the irritation and inflam- Dogs often sneeze while they are playing as a sign of mation caused by these insects, you will usually see a • If you see signs of thick nasal discharge/blood, happiness. This also alerts the other dog that they are bloody or thick discharge from your dog’s nose in addi- nasal swelling, lethargy, fever, or reduced appetite, exerting play behavior. If you see your dog sneezing tion to frequent sneezing. take your dog to your local vet as soon as possible during a playdate, and there are no other symptoms, for examination. there is likely no need to worry! Nasal Tumor In older dogs (usually above 7 years of age), nasal tu- • Frequent sneezing in dogs without a clear cause Reverse Sneezing mors are a possible cause of sneezing. Symptoms are may necessitate more testing. Reverse sneezing in dogs is an interesting phenomenon usually characterized by increased frequency of sneez- that usually occurs in response to excitement, irritants, ing over time, and the tumors may cause bleeding on • If your dog is experiencing severe signs of allergies or inflammation. Dogs will exhibit sudden, repeated one side of the nose. (itching, licking, scratching) in addition to sneez- inhalations through the nose that sounds like honking. ing, make an appointment for further care. It almost seems like they are having trouble breathing Dog Breeds That Are Prone to Sneezing when dogs reverse sneeze. Although it may sound dra- Brachycephalic, or flat-faced dogs, are more prone to Featured image: iStock.com/sebliminal Heather Hoffmann, DVM/PetMD.com matic, petting your dog and calming them down will sneezing due to the anatomical compression of their na- usually resolve the behavior. sal passages. The most common brachycephalic breeds with breathing or sneezing tendencies are Pugs, Boston Airborne Irritants Terriers, and English Bulldogs. For more articles, visit AsianCampusTribune.com Certain dogs can be sensitive to irritants, such as pol-